Masarashi almost maddened the Otomo family.

It turned out that Shinnosuke Akabane sent back the information that the Otomo family was about to launch an attack on the Luo family. The Koyo family in Tamana County, Higo Province originally belonged to the camp of the Otomo family, and in the Higo reinforcements organized by the Otomo family last year to support Chikugo, the Koyo family even acted as a vanguard.

It's just that this urgent vanguard was completely wiped out by the Luo family and the Tajiri family in Tajiri Castle, and more than 200 people, including the Xiaodai family and the family governor, were wiped out. This is undoubtedly a great blow to the Xiaodai family, and even aroused the covetousness of the surrounding wealthy families. Just when the Xiaodai family was in turmoil, the uncle of the newly deceased Xiaodai family governor suddenly returned to the Xiaodai family from exile with a large number of subordinates, and with the help of the subordinates secretly provided by the Luo family, he successfully took control of the Xiaodai family.

After half a year, at this time, the Xiaodai family and even the entire Yuming County were in the hands of the Luo family. No one could have imagined that the Xiaodai family, who should have hated the Luo family the most, was secretly a puppet of the Luo family. What's even more ridiculous is that the Otomo family even took the initiative to admit the change of the governor of the Koyo family, and also sent some money and food as compensation for the losses of the Koyo family in the last Chikugo rescue battle.

And this time, the information that the Otomo family is about to launch a raid on the Luo family is provided by the Xiaodai family. According to the intelligence, under the organization of the Otomo family, the relatives of the Otomo clan in the central and northern part of Higo have begun to follow the orders of the Otomo family and begin to mobilize farmers in their respective territories.

"My lord, the Otomo family is coming, and I'm afraid that my family's strategy against the five islands naval army will have to be suspended." Kansuke Yamamoto said at this time. The rest of Kakukuma, Ishimune and Heiji Togo, after reading Shinnosuke Akabane's letter, also nodded slightly in agreement with Kansuke Yamamoto's suggestion.

"Humph! Damn it! Masato slapped the desk in front of him again. He now feels that Otomo Yoshikan is not crazy. According to Masahiro's original idea. Even if the Otomo family intends to retake the south-central Chikugo region that was snatched away by the Luo family. I also have to recuperate for a year or two before I can fight hard with the Luo family again.

It's a pity. Masaro underestimated the heritage of the Otomo family. After all, they are old wealthy families in Kyushu, with rich heritage, and after being injured in the first battle of Hizen, they quickly recovered. Now he is ready to fight with the Luo family again.

"My lord, now that the family has known about the conspiracy of the Otomo family in advance, we should take precautions immediately." Kansuke Yamamoto reminded. He rushed back to Kishigaku Castle in such a hurry in order to report to Masahiro as soon as possible, and then assist Masato in preparing for it.

"That being the case. Let's find out what the Otomo family is doing now. Masarashi finally calmed down the anger in his heart, and then said.

"The lord means to send a detective to infiltrate the territory of the Otomo family to investigate?" Kakukuma Ishizong asked.

"Hmm. Not bad. In the Ming Kingdom's "Art of War", it was said that knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles. The most important thing now is to find out the details of the other party. In addition, Heiji, you also have to hurry up and prepare for the battle with the Otomo family. Masato nodded and said.

"In that case, let me ask my lord for permission to leave the investigation of the details to your subordinates. The minister will definitely investigate the other party's details as soon as possible. Seeing that the young family governor recovered from his anger so quickly, Yamamoto Kansuke couldn't help but feel very comforted in his heart, thinking that he had not chosen the wrong head of the family this time to join the Luo family, and he had just taken the opportunity to show his talents, so he immediately asked for help.

"That's very good. Kansuke, the target of this reconnaissance. In addition to Higo and Bungo, it is also necessary to pay attention to the movements of the Ouchi family in Chikuzen and the Goto naval army. Zhengliang immediately agreed.

After hearing Masayo's command, Yamamoto Kansuke was stunned for a moment, and then immediately bowed and said, "The lord is wise, and he has thought it so carefully. ”

"Okay, I'll leave the reconnaissance to you, report the information as soon as possible. In addition, Shi Zong, the three sailors of this family will be handed over to you. Give me a close guard against the sea in the direction of Higo, Satsuma, and Goto. Masato continued to command. Due to the agreement with the Kakukuma Ishizong, when it comes to disputes with the Otomo family, the Kakukuma Ishizong hopes to avoid it. Now that I think about it, in addition to being unwilling to fight back against the old master, the Kakukuma Stone Sect also has a bit of a sense of avoiding suspicion, so as not to be suspected of collaborating with the enemy in the battle between the Luo family and the Otomo family.

"Thank you, lord!" Realizing that this was an arrangement made by Masato to avoid falling into an embarrassing situation, Kakukuma Ishizong immediately thanked him gratefully.

In the next few days, although the Luo family remained calm on the surface, in fact, some teams had been secretly mobilized according to Zhengliang's orders, and the Internal Affairs Pavilion and the Logistics Pavilion were also nervously preparing for armaments.

And there is also detailed information about the actions of the Otomo family.

"My lord, the Otomo family really mobilized the troops in Higo and Fenggo, and it seems that the Otomo family is preparing to attack the family with all its strength this time." Kansuke Yamamoto reported with a solemn face.

"Hmm." Masarashi nodded. He finally figured out now why Otomo Yoshikan would bite the Luo family like a mad dog. Because of the potential shown by the Luo family, Otomo Yoshikan was terrified. He was worried that once the Luo family was given enough time to grow, it would inevitably be another Ouchi family. Having a large inner family in Kyushu is enough for Otomo Yoshikan to have a headache, and he doesn't want to face another large inner family, so he must take advantage of the fact that the Luo family is just rising, beat the Luo family down, and then gradually suppress the Luo family, or even destroy it.

"In addition to the mobilization of the troops in the territory in the two places, the naval forces on the five islands also seem to have moved."

"Huh?" Hearing this, Zhengliang's eyes suddenly emitted a cold light.

"Hey, at the beginning of the year, the Otomo family sent envoys to the Sagara family, the Shimazu family, and the Goto naval army, in an attempt to establish an encirclement of the family. Later, news came back from the Shimazu family, which was an ally, that both the Shimazu family and the Sagara family had politely rejected the Otomo family's joint proposal, but only the Goto Navy did not make a clear statement. And in order to stabilize the other party before the attack on the Goto water army, the family also made a lot of goodwill moves, and now it seems that the other party finally chose to stand on the side of the Otomo family. Togo Heiji sighed.

"This matter has been expected for a long time, Shi Zong, as long as you don't let the opponent's navy set foot on your family's territory in Feiqian, this time you will be considered to have successfully rejected the enemy." Masarashi said calmly.

With the rise of the Luo family, sooner or later there will be a battle with the Goto Water Army. This is not only what Masara had long predicted, but also Uza Shengding, the leader of the Goto Water Army, would have thought of it. The situation of the Wudao Navy cannot be two, one is to resist the Luo family with all their might, and maintain the current distribution map of the Luo family and the Wudao Navy on the sea. The other is to surrender to the Luo family. Judging from the current development momentum of the Luo family, the final outcome of the Wudao Water Army is likely to be the second.

But they obviously don't want to be restrained by the Luo family, so even if the Luo family appeases them, they will not surrender until they completely lose hope. And now that the Otomo family has brought them the possibility of maintaining the first situation, of course, the Goto naval army will have to fight hard.

"Your Majesty will personally rush to Matsuura Hirado and personally sit there in order to deal with the movements of the Goto naval forces. If one of them steps into the land of his own domain, his subordinates are willing to raise their heads to see the lord. Kakuma Ishizong immediately said.

"With the military advisor in person, compared to the five islands, the navy can't afford to turn over a few waves. In this way, the lord of the country can also personally sit in Chikugo to deal with the invasion of the Otomo family. Zhengliang immediately said appreciatively.

"No." As soon as he heard that Masahiro planned to go to the battlefield in person, Togo Heiji immediately objected, "My lord, this time you only need to sit in the center of Kishiyue City and command." Don't risk going to the front line of the battlefield yourself! ”

"Hehe, Pingji, this time is extraordinary, the lord of the country must go to meet Otomo Yoshikan for a while." Masarashi rejected with a smile.

"In this case, Your Majesty begs the lord to allow him to follow him to the left and right, so that he may have a glimpse of the lord's demeanor on the battlefield." Kansuke Yamamoto immediately asked for his life.

"Haha, good!" Zhengliang immediately laughed. After the conversation between Masashi and Yamamoto Kansuke, the solemn atmosphere in the council hall was immediately relaxed because of the large attack of the Otomo family.

"Don't worry, Pingji, this time, if it's not necessary, the lord of the country will always stay in the main tent. Then, after the lord of the country is out of battle, the affairs of the territory will be handed over to you. In order to appease Togo Heiji, who was about to become a bitter gourd face, Masashi had no choice but to say with a smile.

"Yes, my lord!" Dongxiang Heiji knew that even if he was against it, as long as it was something that Zhengliang decided, it was difficult to change, and he had to reluctantly accept the order.

In this way, after the Masara and the others again had a more detailed discussion on how to deal with the Otomo family's attack, they went their separate ways.

Astronomical thirteenth year, 1544 A.D., early July. In the name of recovering the lost Hizen territory, the Otomo family officially launched an army against the Luo family.

Speaking of Shao Er Dongshang, his life has been really miserable this year. Although after escaping to Bungo, he was treated with courtesy by the Otomo family, and his daily life was taken care of very well. But he still lost dozens of pounds of weight, from the big fat man who called on the wealthy families in front of the fat to conquer the Luo family, and suddenly became a pork rib essence.

Although his life is good, he hasn't had a happy day since he was poured a strange liquid by an unknown person when he was a guest at Kamaike's house that night. He always felt that the liquid that was poured into his body was not a good thing, so from then on, he began to eat very little, and then always tried to "pour" the contents out of his body.

For this reason, he not only drank a lot of home remedies that are said to have a "diarrhea" effect, but finally drank himself into a pork rib essence.

The day before the Otomo family officially sent troops to attack the Luo family, Shaoji Dongshang, who had been closely "protected", also got the news, and even invited him to follow Otomo Yoshikan to Chikuzen. For this reason, he was very happy, the Luo family, who had no money, no land, and even his wife didn't know how to sleep on the man's tatami mat, was finally retributed. So, he immediately decided to celebrate with a good drink that he had been abstaining from for more than a year.

Just like that, he drank it, and he cupped. (To be continued......)